Reliance Jio is gearing up for an official pan-India rollout soon. But before that, it is reaching customers, slowly but surely with its 90-day free SIM, free unlimited data and free voice "preview plan". While until now the offer was for users of select 4G mobile phones, now it is being extended

Reliance Jio is gearing up for an official pan-India rollout soon. But before that, it is reaching customers, slowly but surely with its 90-day free SIM, free unlimited data and free voice "preview plan". While until now the offer was for users of select 4G mobile phones, now it is being extended to companies as part of enterprise plan.

After extending its free Preview offer to virtually every 4G-compatible handset in the country, the company is now tapping into corporate houses, giving away free SIMs that come bundled with Jio's Digital Life -- HD voice call, HD video call, apps, data and SMS -- for 90 days.

To begin with, Jio has tied-up with corporate houses that are pre-registered with the Press Information Bureau or PIB which basically means every big media house across India should be part of the company's beta testing process in the days to come. Jio intends on collaborating with other corporate houses as well slowly and gradually, however, at this point of time, there is no (official) clarity on the kind of companies it wants to approach.

Pre-registered

Enterprises will have slight advantage over others in getting the free Jio SIM card. For one, individuals therein are saved from the trouble of getting into long lines, that have now become kind of synonymous with Reliance Digital and Digital Xpress Mini Stores. Secondly, they are also saved from the trouble of activation process, which according to latest reports suggest may take anywhere between 8-10 days from the day you get your SIM card. Corporate Jio SIMs come pre-activated with complementary access to unlimited HD voice, video calling, unlimited SMS, unlimited high-speed data services, and access to Jio Apps out-of-the-box. Such users simply have to insert the SIM into their 4G LTE-capable smartphones and they are good to go.

Jio SIMs for corporate are different from regular Jio SIMs. They have blue packing - regular ones are orange - and will be entitled to a completely different tariff set, when Jio becomes official, IndiaToday.In has learnt. The My Plans subhead inside the My Jio app in case of regular SIMs clearly mentions Jio Preview offer for Partner which means they have been activated with the offer. Corporate Jio SIMs, however, simply have Enterprise mentioned under My Plans.

Sources have told IndiaToday.In that corporate SIMs will also offer discounted tariffs - as opposed to regular SIMs - as and when Jio becomes official.

Initially launched for (Jio) employees and later extended to family and friends, partners, and vendors, the Jio Preview offer has been gradually extended to other partner OEMs. The offer is now (officially) available with 4G smartphones of 19 different brands which include: LYF, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Asus, Gionee, Karbonn, Lava, Xolo, Videocon, Sansui, Sony, Micromax, YU, Alcatel, TCL, Vivo, Intex and HTC 4G phones.

That being said, you can get the free SIM using virtually any 4G-compatible handset. The fact that corporate Jio SIMs - with Preview -- are applicable for virtually every 4G-compatible handset further corroborates our previous report.